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Sep 25, 2007 07:05
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Spanish term
toneladas vara
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Spanish to English
Other
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Chilean text on meat production:
"Se faenaron xxxx cerdos que produjeron yyyy toneladas vara, alcanzando un valor de zzzz dolares."
What is the translation for "vara" in the phrase "toneladas vara"?
"Se faenaron xxxx cerdos que produjeron yyyy toneladas vara, alcanzando un valor de zzzz dolares."
What is the translation for "vara" in the phrase "toneladas vara"?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | standard ton |
David Brown
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Proposed translations
14 mins
standard ton
or it could be yardstick (approximate)
Discussion
This is his reply: Puede ser que la palabra vara sea un concepto muy “Chilenizado”, para nosotros el termino vara se utiliza para denominar las carcasas de cerdo listas para la comercialización, nuestra traducción literal es “carcass weight” .